The anger on Fang Mingshan's face flashed and disappeared, but looking at Xiao Wu and the others, he didn't dare to make a move.
"What's the use of a woman like you running a company? Women all get married eventually, and in the end, wouldn't it only be safe if our Fang family manages it?"
"I really... overestimated you." A trace of disappointment flashed across Fang Qingci's face. "Fine, keep on dreaming."
"Let me tell you! Call your uncle over! I am his mother! He must provide for me! And he has to give half of the company to his younger brother!" Old Lady Fang couldn't hold back anymore.
Fang Qingci looked straight at her. "Uncle has been sending you alimony every month according to legal requirements. If you think it's unfair, go and sue him."
Old Lady Fang was furious and wanted to wail a few times, but she suddenly remembered that almost every household in the village was on very bad terms with them now.
"Done acting? I still wanted to watch," Fang Qingci said with interest.
"You, you, you animal!"
"This is bad! Boss Fang! You need to go quickly! Old Fang is arguing with someone!" Someone came running hurriedly.
"What did he say?" Fang Qingci hurried toward the fields.
"Sigh, it was supposed to be a goodwill visit, but some rascal insisted on picking a fight, yelling about how Old Boss Fang's windbreaker costs over ten thousand bucks, while they only got a little over a thousand, and then..."
"And then what?"
The subordinate could hardly hold back a laugh. "And then Old Boss Fang said..."
"Old man, you even know what a windbreaker is? Later on, I'll let you experience a submachine gun."
Fang Qingci was utterly speechless. Pausing for just a moment, she suddenly stopped in her tracks.
"Let's go, Boss Fang."
Fang Qingci, however, seemed deep in thought. She looked back and smiled. "I understand now."
"Huh?"
"Pass down the order: everyone returns, and the village subsidies are suspended."
"Ah?"
"Just do it."
Little Hei returned to Fang Zhiyi's side. "Well, she has learned about ninety percent of it now. That method of using others' force against them is exactly the same as yours back in the day."
Fang Zhiyi smiled. "Otherwise, with such a large family business, how could she protect it?"
Little Hei, however, said, "But... she seems a bit more ruthless than you."
"Hmm?"
Fang Mingshan did not expect that his daughter, who had already left, would return again and solemnly hand them a card. "This is our company's subsidy for the elderly in the village. I'll leave it to you to distribute."
Liu Wenxia was overjoyed. "Good, good! We will definitely handle it well. Don't you know your dad and me?" She snatched the bank card from Fang Mingshan's hand and treasured it by tucking it into her bosom. Seeing this action, Fang Qingci revealed an expression of relief.
After Fang Zhiyi and the others left, the rascal from earlier became the target of public criticism. Everyone complained that it was because of his nonsense that Boss Fang was offended. The rascal refused to accept this, and the two sides started a fierce argument, which then escalated into a physical fight.
Right in the middle of the fight, someone brought news that the subsidy money had been given to Fang Mingshan and the others, saying they were supposed to distribute it.
So people hurried toward the Fang family's house one after another.
"What do you mean your subsidy money! This is the money my daughter gave me out of filial piety!" Liu Wenxia shouted with her hands on her hips.
"Liu Wenxia! Boss Fang clearly gave you the money to distribute!"
"Bullshit! Which of your dog eyes saw that?"
"Liu Wenxia, you'll die a horrible death! Take out the money!"
"On what grounds? I won't give it!"
At this time in the car, Fang Zhiyi was staring blankly at the scenery outside the window.
"Dad, do you think I did the right thing?" Fang Qingci broke the silence.
Fang Zhiyi continued looking out the window. A few seconds later, he suddenly turned his head in confusion. "Did you call me?"
Fang Qingci nodded. "Yes, Dad."
Fang Zhiyi was a little surprised.
Seeing his expression, Fang Qingci didn't say anything more about it and just continued speaking to herself. "If they have changed for the better, this is their chance to distribute the money evenly to the elderly in the village, which could also ease their relationship with everyone... If they are still the same as before, then they brought it upon themselves."
Fang Zhiyi chuckled. "Then do you hope they have changed or not?"
Fang Qingci bit her lip. "I... don't know. I will never forget the things they have done to me."
As she spoke, her phone rang. Fang Qingci took one glance and hung up.
It rang again, and she hung up again, then simply blocked the number.
But immediately after, another number sent a text message.
"Daughter, did you tell them about the money? Our family doesn't owe them anything. Everyone lives by their own abilities, so why should you give the money to them?"
"They even came to ask your mom and me for it, but your mom didn't give it to them. We will keep this money safe for you first, so just rest assured."
"From your behavior, we can tell that you have been led astray by your uncle and have become stupid. Why give the money you earned to outsiders? Isn't it better to give it to your own family?"
"Your younger brother doesn't have a wife yet. How about you pay to buy him a house and a car in the city when the time comes? Your grandparents are getting old too, so they can just live in the countryside. Your mom and I can come over to take care of you, and we can even help you manage the company."
"Zhaodi, say something. Your mom said that when your younger brother gets married, she will find a partner for you, and then you can marry into their family and enjoy a good life. By then, your younger brother will also be mature enough to help you manage the company. It's only safe when it's our own family."
"Don't listen to your uncle about everything. He is an outsider; we are your real parents. We only adopted you out to him back then because our family was having a hard time. Just now, your grandparents have decided to remove him from the family genealogy and cut ties with him!"
"You couldn't be this insensible, right? That would really break Mom and Dad's hearts. Being so unfilial like this, you will be gossiped about by the Fang family relatives."
.....
Fang Qingci looked at the text messages on her phone and laughed helplessly. "Dad, would you believe it if I said that for every word he typed, he had to ask Fang Tianqi if he spelled it right?"
Fang Zhiyi rolled his eyes. "They spoke so earnestly, aren't you moved?"
"They... don't deserve it." Fang Qingci turned off her phone.
From that day on, the Fang family's life in the village became even harder. If their door wasn't smashed, their chickens were stolen, and even their windows were broken by children. Fang Tianqi was cornered and beaten up several times, but he couldn't even explain clearly who had hit him.
Fang Mingshan and Liu Wenxia were determined to go to the city to enjoy a good life, but unfortunately, Fang Qingci ignored them. They bought tickets and went directly to the city, but the city was so big, and nobody knew where Fang Qingci was. After spending all their money, they went back with their tails between their legs.
"Here is a piece of international news. Recently, the police in Country X cracked a case of human organ trafficking. The currently identified victims include a certain Mr. Gao..."
Fang Qingci turned off the TV and turned her head to look at the sky outside.
She heard that her grandmother had a fight with Liu Wenxia and, in a fit of anger, drank poison and died. In order to seize her money, Fang Mingshan physically assaulted his own father, leading to the old man's accidental death. All of this was witnessed by the Wu family, who immediately called the police.
Liu Wenxia didn't want to take care of the slow-witted Fang Tianqi, so she secretly took the money and ran away.
This family really is....
And then there was her uncle—no, her own father, who was just as unreliable. He had taken his old comrades and gone off vacationing all over the place... Was he really that at ease leaving her all alone?
Fang Qingci turned her head to look to the side at a painting she had done, a skill she had taught herself in her free time. The canvas depicted a little girl surrounded by several demons fanned out around her. Behind the girl, however, a door had swung open, and standing in the doorway was a man with messy hair.
My Father
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
